The epicenter of the temblor was 27.4 kilometers south of Hualien County Hall at a shallow depth of 4.1 kilometers, based on CWB data.

The quake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of the tremor, registered a 4 in Hualien County, while a lesser intensity of a 1 was felt in Nantou County, Taichung City, Taitung County, and Yunlin County.

Located along the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt in a specific location.